Nature & Wildlife Stories

'The Galapagos Affair' Explores a Strange Chapter of the Islands' History

The Galapagos Islands will always be associated, first and foremost, with Darwin's theory of natural selection and the unique creatures that inspired it. But...

Tania Curry

Get to Know a Guide: Ragtag Road Trips, the BBC and Bengal Tigers

In 1974, a 20-year-old Toby Sinclair climbed into an old minibus with some friends for a road trip that would change the course of his life. After travels...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

The Yellowstone National Park–Ebola Connection: Could It Help Protect More Natural Places?

Recently, when a drone crashed in Grand Prismatic Spring in Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, it sparked a public debate about the use of such...

WWF

A Conservationist's Dream Honeymoon in the Galapagos

By Rachel Kramer, Program Officer, Wildlife Conservation and TRAFFIC My husband and I are scientists. We are fascinated by species and their habitats. When it...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals: Powerful Protections or Paper Tigers?

From the tiny monarch butterfly to the immense wildebeest of Africa, many of the world’s animal species take on great migrations. Those epic travels may...

About Galapagos

Two Giant Tortoises (Slowly) Challenge Each Other for Dominance (Video)

What happens when two Galapagos giant tortoises meet on a narrow pathway going in opposite directions? Thanks to this video from WWF we know the answer to...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

New UN Report on Climate Change: Only 50 PPM of Greenhouse Gases Now Stands between Us and Disaster

The United Nations’ report on climate change released on Sunday, November 2, 2014, predicted a gloomy future for the residents of planet Earth. It stated that...

WWF

Five Wildlife Reserves & Parks You Shouldn’t Miss

Wildlife reserves offer safe haven to some of the planet’s most vulnerable species and give visitors the opportunity to view them responsibly. Here are five...

About Galapagos

Charles Darwin as You've (Probably) Never Seen Him

Try to picture Charles Darwin. What do you see? If you’re like most people you’re probably envisioning a black and white image of a serious looking and...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

National Parks Poster Project: Q & A with Artist Rob Decker

A photographer and graphic artist living in Nederland, Colorado, Rob Decker is currently working on creating WPA-style posters for all 59 of our national...

Derek Ward

Video of the Week: The Most Amazing Migration Ever Caught On Tape!

This awe-inspiring time-lapse video captured hundreds of thousands of wildebeest fighting across the Mara River from Tanzania into Kenya. Amazingly, in just...

About Galapagos

Pink Iguanas and Other “New” Species Keep Popping Up in the Galapagos

The discovery of a new species is a pretty rare event in most parts of the world. Not so in the Galapagos Islands, it seems. Since 2009, scientists have...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

Counting Wild Tigers by 2016: Will It Help Save Them?

On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, 13 countries that have wild tiger populations agreed to take part in a global census of the endangered big cats. The hope is...

WWF

5 National Parks in Costa Rica You Shouldn't Miss

Thankfully, the country of Costa Rica recognized the gift of its incredible biodiversity early on, and began protecting it with an extensive network of...

Candice Gaukel Andrews

WWF Report: 52 Percent of the World’s Biodiversity Is Gone

When the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) released its Living Planet Report 2014 on September 30, it wasn’t the usual doom-and-gloom environmental news story that is...

About Galapagos

Galapagos Islands Etiquette Tip #39: It's Polite to Offer a Sea Lion Your Seat (Video)

There are plenty of benches in the Galapagos Islands, but very few places to actually sit. This is because there are few things that a Galapagos sea lion...

Derek Ward

Are They Clouds of Monarchs? Mysterious Unidentifiable ‘Blobs’ Spotted by Radar Over the Midwest

Meteorologists spotted two large ‘blobs’on radars last Friday that cannot be readily explained. Spanning 200 miles and traveling 6,000 feet above the ground,...

Derek Ward

As Climate Change Threatens Their Survival, Polar Bears Discover New Food Source

The arctic sea ice is melting earlier than ever before because of global climate change. Polar bears now have less time to hunt for seals, threatening their...

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